Dave Rattigan

Dave’s career began in 1975. Cut from the Beverly High baseball team, he started covering softball for The Beverly Times. He wrote and/or edited for The Boston Globe, North Shore: Sunday, Lynn Item, and others. He received 15 New England Press Association and Massachusetts Press Association awards, and freelanced for national publications including People, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Lawyer’s Weekly USA, The Christian Science Monitor and The Robb Report. He teaches communications courses at UMass Lowell, Middlesex and Northern Essex community colleges. He was nominated for the Educators’ Honor Roll by the Fenway Wasabi Bowl. He graduated from Emerson College (B.F.A.) and Cambridge College (M.M.). He is a comedian and runs Scamps Comedy Productions. He joined the board in 2024.